TAUNTON — A city woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a confrontation with police responding to a report of a heroin overdose.

Alexandria Anderson, 26, was arrested in her apartment at 549 Bay St. and charged with witness intimidation and being present where heroin is kept.

Anderson allegedly became enraged and berated the sister of a 28-year-old woman who had overdosed — after the woman told police where her sister was stashing half a gram of heroin in the apartment.

Emergency personnel had to administer three doses of the heroin antidote Narcan to revive the victim, who was then brought to Morton Hospital to be evaluated.

Tuesday's incident marked the 67th heroin overdose in Taunton since the beginning of 2014, police said.

Anderson allegedly told police when she picked up the victim and her sister that morning she assumed the vicitm was simply drunk, which is why she told her to go to bed and "sleep it off."

The victim's 27-year-old sister, however, told police she knew her sister had used heroin earlier that day. She also said when she decided to wake her up, the woman was making gasping and snoring noises and was beginning to turn blue.

The victim, police said, later told them this was her second recent overdose, but declined to provide details of what had happened to her that day.

Before she screamed at the victim's sister, police said Anderson repeatedly stated that an official from the Department of Children and Families had visited that morning, and that she would not tolerate illegal drugs to be kept in her apartment.

There is no reference in the police report of a child residing in the apartment.

Police did not charge the victim's sister with a crime. They said by calling 911 to report the overdose, she is protected by the state's Good Samaritan Law, which shields anyone from criminal prosecution who reports an emergency related to a drug overdose.

Just before telling them where they could find the contraband, police said the victim's sister became emotional, and stated she didn't "want to see anyone else die" from heroin overdoses, which police say has claimed five lives during the past six weeks.

The victim and her sister were involved in an early morning disturbance involving a loud party at another Bay Street apartment in February 2012. Both were charged with disorderly conduct; the sister of the woman who overdosed Tuesday was also charged with assault and resisting arrest.

The woman who overdosed previously has been arrested and found guilty of charges including driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and disorderly conduct, according to district court records. The last time she was on probation was in 2012, records show.

Anderson was arraigned Wednesday and released on personal recognizance in Taunton District Court. She is due back for a pretrial hearing on May 2.